L'histoire de la transfusion sanguine dans sa relation à la recherche médicale

Abstract

The history of blood transfusion and medical research, Jean-François Picard, William H. Schneider. From the discovery of blood groups by Karl Landsteiner, a Viennese physician, to the "poisoned blood" affair linked to the AIDS virus, the history of blood transfusion follows the scientific, political and social changes of the 20th century in one of its major medical stakes. The progress of blood transfusion was linked to war periods, to institutional and political stakes, to the initiatives of a few individuals. It also led to the commercial deviation of the 1980s.